Student Counseling at San Francisco State University

What traits are you looking for in a student counseling school? To help you decide if San Francisco State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's student counseling program.

SFSU is located in San Francisco, California and approximately 27,349 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Student Counseling section at the bottom of this page.

SFSU Student Counseling Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Student Counseling

SFSU Student Counseling Rankings

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Student Counseling Student Demographics at SFSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the student counseling majors at San Francisco State University.

SFSU Student Counseling Master’s Program

Of the 43 students who earned a master's degree in Student Counseling from SFSU in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in student counseling each year. SFSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the student counseling master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Francisco State University with a master's in student counseling.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Student Counseling

If you plan to be a student counseling major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from San Francisco State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	43

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Educational Administration
• Special Education
• General Education
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

Careers That Student Counseling Grads May Go Into

A degree in student counseling can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Francisco State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	32,400	$74,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Briantrejo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.